Hospital Case Management Models: Evidence for Connecting the Boardroom to the Bedside Karen Zander; RN, MS, CMAC, FAAN As of June 20, 2014, contact hours for nurses are no longer available with this product. Bridge the gap from the boardroom to the bedside with the right case management model The right case management model can make or break your efforts to meet your organization's strategic goals. But how do you find the model that works for your organization and how can you garner the support you need ...
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Hospital Case Management Models: Evidence for Connecting the Boardroom to the Bedside Karen Zander; RN, MS, CMAC, FAAN As of June 20, 2014, contact hours for nurses are no longer available with this product. Bridge the gap from the boardroom to the bedside with the right case management model The right case management model can make or break your efforts to meet your organization's strategic goals. But how do you find the model that works for your organization and how can you garner the support you need from your organization's executive team? In this first-of-its-kind resource, case management expert Karen Zander, RN, MS, CMAC, FAAN, guides you through selecting and implementing a proven model that fits cohesively with your facility's culture in Hospital Case Management Models: Evidence for Connecting the Boardroom to the Bedside. Align case management with your organization's top strategic goals This book will help you choose a model that aligns with your board's mission. You'll learn how to carry your model through your organization and operationalize it at the bedside through direct patient interaction by case managers and social workers. Plus, you'll get the guidance you need to gain support from your executive team. This user-friendly guide will help you: Choose a case management model based on best evidence and experience that will meet your organizational needs Streamline your case management department and responsibilities to ensure quality patient care, increase staff and patient satisfaction, and reduce cost of care delivery Understand how to implement the model at the point of care with helpful Bedside Bulletins found at the end of each chapter Organize your model by using the included evidence-based tools, decision trees, and case examples Finally--a resource that combines theory, evidence, and practical how-to tips! Linking everything in a logical fashion, this new resource combines the important theory behind each case management model with practical Bedside Bulletins that care managers can implement at the point of care. Found at the end of each chapter, these Bedside Bulletins deliver tips and tools to put your model into practice at the bedside. Plus, this book's innovative data dashboard tool makes it easy for case management departments to outline their contributions to the four main goals of any healthcare organization's board of directors: Financial stability Quality care and patient satisfaction Growth Relationships Take a look at the table of contents: Chapter 1: Importance of Models Chapter 2: Case Management Practice in Hospitals: Coming of Age Chapter 3: Case Management's Position in the Organization Chapter 4: Fundamental Components of Hospital Case Management Models Chapter 5: Hospital Case Management Deliverables Chapter 6: Matching Models to Deliverables Chapter 7: Using the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Method for Case Management Model-Building Chapter 8: Unique Hospital Case Management Models and Division of Responsibility Chapter 9: Morphing Models for Future Demands Learning objectives: Explain the importance of models in healthcare Discuss the various types of models typically found in case management Describe the differences between the two professions of RN case management and social work Explain the reasons for defining models of case management Discuss how case management functions have evolved Identify the various positions to which directors of case management may report List benefits for each case management reporting structure Identify the seven fundamental components of case management mo
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